Showing posts with label Dubai International Airport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dubai International Airport. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 August 2012

3 Hours at Dubai International Airport - Part 2


We've covered what we thought was the end of the east wing and the end of the west wing. Exhausted we headed towards Mc Donald's





We shouldn't have. Not only was the price murderous.




The salad tasted as if it had just been tossed with plain tasting liquid detergent .

Worse still , the coffee was weak.





Only the fries and nuggets tasted like the Mc Donald's we all know and expect.

The orange juice was sour and bitter. Not in the least sweet at all. Yuck.




A quick dash to the loo yielded another surprise .


Only when I sat down did I discover that the inside consists of 100% hot boiling water ! Enough to cook one's goose !




Sad to say, lack of seating space is a serious issue in this airport. There's simply not enough to go around .

Thus we had to wander around aimlessly once again from the east wing to the west wing, like a band of crazy eyed vagabonds fighting to stay awake.



The scenario is the complete opposite once inside the boarding gate itself . Plenty of space as you can see. Pretty pointless, seeing that we spend more time outside the boarding lounge than inside.



Think I shed a tear of joy ,when the bald guy finally announced that we could board the plane at last !





Conclusion : It's not funny to be stuck in transit inside the world's largest airport with the world's least seats.



Friday, 10 August 2012

3 Hours at Dubai International Airport - Part 1


If you trawl the internet for reviews, you'll find lots of horrible feedback from disgruntled visitors . Thus, we were already prepared for the worst upon arrival.




True. Directions weren't very clear.
Maybe it was the sight of these very attractive stroller pit stops, that distracted us.

But there was no sign of the horrendous queues one had to endure.





Which resulted in us having to make enquiries about our flight from this counter eventually.

On the contrary, no one was rude to us. They even helped identify our gate as well as time of departure.




Being here almost seems as if one has just entered the Phillipines because of the near total domination by a Filipino workforce.

Frankly they lag behind in terms of merchandise display especially when it comes to luxury items. Most times things are not attractively displayed and look quite sad with a pasar feel to it.



However all that was more than made up for by sheer presence of this Vertu shop (with no security in sight gosh) in the middle of the walkway.



I wanted to get these salt and pepper shakers but the thought of ending up with broken porcelain stopped me in my tracks.



...looked wishfully at the iconic towers....




....donkeys and camels....




Also Aladdin lamps ! Eeek !




Another reminder of just how massive, huge this airport really is popped up




Certainly didn't deter me from walking towards the end and making a U turn back at this strange pink bird house (in the middle of an airport ?)